World premiere: BMW M Performance Parts for the all-new 2018
BMW M5.
Since its world premiere in August, the new BMW M5 (combined fuel
consumption: 10.5 l/100 km; CO2 combined emissions: 241 g/km*) has
attracted attention around the globe. At the SEMA Show in Las Vegas,
BMW is now presenting a further highlight: a comprehensive range of
exclusive M Performance Parts for the BMW M5. All of these components
from the M Performance Parts accessory range were developed using BMW
M motorsport know-how and are perfectly harmonised with each other.
They not only underscore the high-performance sedan’s sporty and
luxurious appearance, but also fulfil functional requirements in terms
of aerodynamics, cooling and lightweight construction. Most of these
exclusive M Performance Parts for the BMW M5 will be available as
retrofit components when the vehicle is launched to the market in
March 2018, with further products following in July 2018.
Aerodynamics in perfection. The numerous highlights
featured in the accessory range developed especially for the BMW M5
include the package comprising M Performance aerodynamics components.
All of these parts are made from lightweight carbon fibre and are
elaborately handcrafted.
The following aerodynamics components are available: a newly designed
front attachment, side sill attachments, a carbon fibre rear spoiler,
a carbon fibre rear spoiler Pro (**) and a rear diffuser. All of these
components accentuate the BMW M5’s powerful and sporty appearance,
whilst ensuring optimised aerodynamic characteristics plus even
sportier handling.
Additional components from the M Performance Parts accessory range
have been perfectly adapted to the aerodynamics package and now
provide additional accents to the BMW M5. The visible carbon fibre
front and air breather trim side grilles (**) bearing the M logo and M
Performance carbon fibre mirror caps further enhance the carbon fibre
look. The M Performance side sill foils accentuate the side sill
attachments, optimally rounding off the distinctively sporty look
provided by the aerodynamics package.
Latest technology from motorsport brings the BMW M5’s performance
onto the road, whilst guaranteeing superior driving behaviour right up
to the car’s limit. Thanks to an even sportier set-up, the new BMW M
Performance coilover suspension developed specifically for the BMW M5
ensures excellent road-holding and increases driving dynamics
resulting from a more direct connection of the vehicle body with the
road. Moreover, red coil springs also add further visual highlights.
The spring plates are adjustable.
Carbon-ceramic brakes guarantee superior braking characteristics. The
sports disc pads are based on highly durable, motorsports-proven
racing brake pads and offer advantages such as a shorter braking
distances, better brake response as well as higher thermal resilience.
Furthermore, the race-oriented interpretation of brake-force
distribution provides for enhanced dynamic brake control.
The new BMW M Performance sports exhaust system, which will be on
sale exclusively in the USA and Canada, guarantees an emotional
motorsport sound. The end muffler is made from titanium with carbon
fibre tailpipe trims additionally available. Optimised exhaust gas
routing with reduced counter-pressure enhances the beefy V8 TwinTurbo
sound and underscores the sporty driving experience.
The M Performance Drive Analyser, also derived from motorsport, is an
innovative tool for recording and evaluating all important vehicle
dynamics data. The system offers comprehensive, professional
possibilities to record and analyse, which can be evaluated and
displayed on the smartphone. The Drive Analyser determines a variety
of relevant indicators such as diverse engine data, speed and peak
values, engaged gear, use of accelerator pedal and brakes as well as
lateral acceleration. When established, the results can be directly
shown on the smartphone as videos or graphic representations via the M
Performance Drive Analyser App, which is available free of charge to
BMW customers. Furthermore, customers also wishing to capture their
drive on film, BMW M Performance Parts offers the Trackfix action
camera holder, which can be mounted in the threaded bush of the towing
lug either at the front or rear end of the vehicle.
Sporty, dynamic appearance down to the finest detail.
M Performance Parts for the BMW M5 M bring that true racetrack
feeling to everyday life – also in terms of visual presence. These
include motorsport stripes in typical M colours, which highlight the
car’s sporty design even further and lend it its very own individual
character. The elaborately handcrafted M Performance carbon fibre
engine cover extension kit is a real eye-catcher and also makes the
car’s racing genes visible where its performance has its origins – in
the engine compartment.
This racing look has also been applied to the vehicle’s interior components.
The M Performance steering wheel (**) conveys genuine motorsport
feeling thanks to its distinctive geometry and extremely pronounced
Alcantara grip area and a carbon fibre steering wheel cover. This is
further enhanced by newly designed carbon fibre shift paddles (**) and
a carbon fibre gear shift lever cover (**). M Performance floor mats
are a perfect complement to the car’s interior ambience. Finest
details from the suspension to the interior reveal that the BMW M5 and
M Performance Parts have their roots in motor racing, and this also
includes the new key wallet for the BMW M5. It comprises a material
mix of high-quality Alcantara and carbon fibre and offers a perfect
combination of motorsport design and functionality. The M Performance
LED logo projector, which completes the accessory range available for
the BMW M5, is also a genuine statement.
M Performance Parts in use for the MotoGPTM.
A unique model designed for racetrack use will shortly be celebrating
its premiere – the BMW M5 MotoGPTM Safety Car. Since 1999,
BMW M has been the “official car of the MotoGP” and affiliate partner
of MotoGP organizers Dorna Sports, deploying its fleet of safety cars
to guarantee safety in the world’s fastest motorcycle racing series.
Like the predecessor model, the BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Car is equipped
with a multitude of BMW M Performance Parts so that it is able to
fully meet the special demands on a lead vehicle in professional
motorsport. These also include M Performance aerodynamics components
as well as the BMW M Performance sports exhaust system made from
titanium. The BMW M5 MotoGP Safety Car will make its first racetrack
appearance at the 2017 season final in Valencia, Spain, in November.
During the 2018 season, it will be the spearhead of the BMW M MotoGP
Safety Car fleet.
The BMW M5: the new high-performance sedan.
Thanks to numerous innovative features, the new BMW M5 offers perfect
handling up to the vehicle’s dynamics limits – both on the road and on
the racetrack. These include the newly designed M-specific four-wheel
drive system M xDrive being employed in the BMW M5 for the first time.
It guarantees optimised driving dynamics through precise handling and
perfect traction. The heart of the BMW M5, the 4.4-litre V8 engine
with M TwinPower Turbo technology, has been extensively revised by our
M engineers. It delivers 441 kW/600 hp and a maximum torque of 750 Nm,
offering a significant increase in performance vs. the predecessor
models. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h with the new 8-speed
Steptronic transmission featuring Drivelogic is just 3.4 seconds. The
suspension features M-specific kinematic and elastokinematic elements
to help optimise driving dynamics. Weight is also a crucial factor in
terms of performance: This has been further reduced, inter alia, by a
roof made from carbon fibre reinforced plastic.
“Need for SpeedTM Payback”: Individualisation and
high-tech carbon fibre also in the interactive video game.
BMW took innovative and spectacular paths at the presentation of the
BMW M5: Thanks to the partnership with Electronic Arts, the world
premiere took place for the first time in a video game – in “Need for
SpeedTM Payback”. Hence, BMW and Electronic Arts presented the new BMW
M5 for the first time at the Gamescom in Cologne, Europe’s largest
fair for interactive games and entertainment. In “Need for
SpeedTM Payback” (release: 10 November 2017), gamers are, as in
reality, able to refine their virtual BMW M5 with M Performance Parts
that have been developed specifically for this car. During missions
and races gamers can generate virtual money with which they are then
able to buy and fit their car with original BMW accessories from the
range of M Performance Parts for the BMW M5. These original parts,
including components made from high-tech carbon fibre material are,
like those fitted to a real BMW M5, perfectly adapted to the vehicle
and to each other. So they ensure a noticeable increase in performance
and individuality in the virtual world as well.
World premiere: 2018 BMW M3 30 Years American Edition
celebrates the 30th Anniversary of the M3 in the US with
a one of a kind design created by BMW Group Designworks, built
through BMW Individual (available in USA only).
The BMW M3 (combined fuel consumption: 8.8 (8.3)/100 km; CO2 combined
emissions: 204 (194) g/km) is one of the most recognized vehicles in
the automotive industry, spanning a long history of success that seems
to have no boundaries, today it is still considered as one of the
purest high performance street sports cars. With the launch of the
first generation BMW M3 in 1986, BMW M revolutionized the sports car
as it was, built first and foremost for performance. Originally
conceived as homologation special for Group A Touring car racing – as
seen in the German Touring Car Championship (DTM), it became the most
successful touring car in the history of BMW. Its arrival to the US
market in 1987 signaled the birth of the legend in America and to
celebrate its first 30 years on the road and track, BMW Group
Designworks teamed up with BMW Individual to create a one of a kind
design highlighting its Motorsport heritage through American iconography.
Exterior inspired by an original M color and the American flag motif.
With its finger on the pulse of the American experience, BMW Group
Designworks has created an American color inspired theme for the
30th Anniversary of the BMW M3 in the US. What better way
to celebrate the US arrival of the M3 than a palette of red, white and
blue. The 2018 BMW M3 30 Years American Edition design started life as
a 6-speed manual transmission BMW M3 Competition Package but it was
quickly transformed into a very special and unique vehicle as noted by
its striking exterior color, Frozen Red II Metallic. Although the name
of the exterior color is described as “frozen” for the low gloss
finish, as if the car is coated with a layer of frost, the heat of the
red pigment radiates from within, illuminating the muscular BMW M3
surfaces. Frozen Red II Metallic also speaks to the iconic BMW Henna
Red of the original M3 from the 1980’s.
The gilded tone is making a comeback after its eighties hey-day and
so complementing the exterior are a set of one-off M Performance
Golden light alloy wheel (763M Style – 19-inch front, 20-inch rear),
the color inspired by the M3 E30 Warsteiner DTM racing wheels. Also
exclusive to the exterior are the M color roof stripes that emphasize
the M identity on a premium material, carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic
(CFRP), as well as a 30th Anniversary graphic applied to
the rear sunshade.
The exterior is complimented by an all-American, interior
tri-tone color scheme.
The interior could not be less special and the designers quickly
identified that there is nothing more American than red, white and
blue. Open the driver’s door of the 2018 BMW M3 30 Years American
Edition and its interior shines through with a continuation of the
exterior theme through an expertly crafted tri-color Merino leather
interior by BMW Individual. The BMW Individual Opal White Merino
leather interior provides a base for red stripes and blocks of blue.
The red stripes are expressed in Mugello Red Merino leather and the
blue is Fjord Blue Merino leather. Red, white and blue contrast
stitching provides a patriotic detail even at the smallest scale. Red
stripes can be seen on the side bolster, lower instrument panel and
the door panel. Blue is reflected in the seat insert. Opal White
surfaces feature red contrast stitching on the seats, lower section of
the instrument panel and center door panel, hile Mugello Red facades
includes white contrast stitching on the seat bolster stripe, upper
section of the lower instrument panel, and armrest upper and lower
panels. Fjord Blue is present at the seat insert as well as the seat
back shell insert. Black leather makes use of Blue/Red contrast
stitching on upper instrument panel on driver’s side, door handle,
center console knee bolster and gear shift bag. In addition, the
American flag is adorned with a gold fringe when displayed in doors.
The 30th Anniversary graphic was inspired by the 3 Series
40th Anniversary graphic. The bold red, white and blue
color scheme is tempered by a subtle motif inspired graphic inscribed
on the headrest, decorative trim and the rear sun-shade. The
achromatic graphic juxtaposes “30th” over the American flag
symbolizing the thirty years Americans have been expressing their
passion for the BMW M3 in the US.
BMW M Performance Parts round-up the BMW M3 30 Years American
Edition. The shock absorbers with contrasting red coil
springs featured on the 2018 BMW M3 30 Years American Edition are
clearly distinctive features of the adjustable M Performance Sports
suspension, allowing the driver to lower the vehicle’s ride height
between 5 and 20 millimeters via the adjustable spring plate. The M
Performance sports suspension, enables customers to experience
racing-inspired driving dynamics in everyday use on the road.
Motorsports aerodynamics are present in this one of a kind M3 through
the BMW M Performance rear wing. This aerodynamic component is
handmade completely from carbon fiber (wing, side sections, support
brackets) and is accentuated with racing stripes, bringing motorsport
know-how to the streets and tracks.
Derived directly from motor racing, the one-off golden M Performance
wheels, which are milled and weight-optimized entirely from a forged
blank, contribute towards even better steering behavior, resulting in
a further increase in driving dynamics. The wheels are matched with
Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 tires for maximum grip and performance.
The lightweight valve controlled M Performance exhaust system with
titanium rear silencer generates a highly emotive sound reminiscent of
sports car racing and adds two 93 mm dual tailpipe finishers made from
carbon with the M logo to create a striking and unmistakable appearance.
In the interior, the M Performance armrest, door handles and shift
knob complete the tri-tone color scheme look and ensures an all-round,
high quality touch and feel. The armrest has a striking appearance
thanks to its noble materials and special look: Alcantara and Carbon
trimmed with contrasting three-colored M-stitching. Visually, the seam
traces a line all the way to the handbrake grip completing the overall
M Performance look that extends over the center console and new M
Performance shift knob.
One lucky customer will be able to get behind the wheel of this one
of a kind 2018 BMW M3 30 Years American Edition as it
is expected to be available for purchase after the show conclusion.
Details will be provided to interested parties at the BMW Booth
(68000) outside the South Hall on the Performance Pavilion area.
BMW Group In America
BMW of North America, LLC has been present in the United States since
1975. Rolls-Royce Motor Cars NA, LLC began distributing vehicles in
2003. The BMW Group in the United States has grown to include
marketing, sales, and financial service organizations for the BMW
brand of motor vehicles, including motorcycles, the MINI brand, and
the Rolls-Royce brand of Motor Cars; Designworks, a strategic design
consultancy based in California; a technology office in Silicon Valley
and various other operations throughout the country. BMW
Manufacturing Co., LLC in South Carolina is part of BMW Group’s global
manufacturing network and is the exclusive manufacturing plant for all
X5 and X3 Sports Activity Vehicles and X6 and X4 Sports Activity
Coupes. The BMW Group sales organization is represented in the U.S.
through networks of 344 BMW passenger car and BMW Sports Activity
Vehicle centers, 153 BMW motorcycle retailers, 127 MINI passenger car
dealers, and 36 Rolls-Royce Motor Car dealers. BMW (US) Holding
Corp., the BMW Group’s sales headquarters for North America, is
located in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
* Further information on official fuel consumption figures, specific
CO2 emission values and the electric power consumption of new
passenger cars is included in the following guideline: “Leitfaden über
Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2-Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer
Personenkraftwagen” (Guideline for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and
electric power consumption of new passenger cars), which can be
obtained from all dealerships, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH
(DAT), Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen and at
http://www.dat.de/en/offers/publications/guideline-for-fuel-consumption.html.
Leitfaden CO2 (Guideline CO2) (PDF ‒ 2.7 MB)
** Components available as from July 2018